Fars Increases Share of Green Energy

To help boost renewables, close to 33 megawatts of electricity was added to green energy production, managing director of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (aka Satba) announced.
"Six photovoltaic power stations with $16 million investment became operational simultaneously in several towns in Fars Province on Thursday," Mohammad Satkin was quoted as saying by the Energy Ministry news portal.
The first with a capacity of 10 MW went on stream in Larestan County and cost $5 million. It will help save 6 million cubic meters of natural gas and 8,500 cubic meters of water per annum.